Harris, whose party garnered 4.3 per cent of the popular vote in the last federal election, said Canadians are turned off by negative campaigning.
"Sadly, we can expect one of the dirtiest campaigns in history," he said about the Jan. 23 vote. "And after the 2004 election, that's saying something.
"Mud will be tossed by the bucketloads. Some will be flung even at us."
Jim Harris
Harris said his party will focus strictly on issues and lamented that Canadians live in a "culture of blame."
"Provinces blame the federal government. Municipalities blame the provinces. Provinces blame other provinces. The Conservatives blame the Liberals. The Martin Liberals blame the Chretien Liberals and the NDP blame everybody."
Harris said he wants to move from the "politics of blame to a politics of solutions."
Not surprisingly, Harris focused on the environment, saying that the arctic climate is changing at twice the rate of any other region in the world and threatening Canada's polar bear population.
He said C02 emissions in Canada have risen by 24.4 per cent since 1993, and cancer cases are predicted to double in the next 30 years.
The Greens hope to double the party's support in this campaign and elect its first member of Parliament. The party will run a candidate in each of the 308 ridings.
